| Georgia (Bartow County), Adairsville — Adairsville, Georgia | | | Adairsville had its beginning in Oothcaloga Valley, two miles north of the present site. It was named for Cherokee Indian Chief John Adair, the son of a Scottish trader and a Cherokee Princess.
Adairsville moved in 1848 to Adair Station (established 1846 by William Watts) but kept the name Adairsville, honoring the Indian Chief.
The Battle of Adairsville, sometimes known as the "Gravel House Battle" was fought May 17, 1864.
Adairsville was entered in the National Register of . . . — Map (db m20005) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Adairsville — 008-28 — Federal Armies at Adairsville | | | May 18, 1864, The 4th, 14th & 20th Corps (Army of the Cumberland) [US] together with the 15th &16th corps (Army of the Tennessee) [US] reached Adairsville from Resaca, at noon. Sherman convinced that all of Johnston´s forces had gone to Kingston & Etowah River crossings S. of it, directed his forces to converge there. McPherson´s Army of the Tennessee moved to Barnsley´s; the 4th & 14th by direct road to Kingston; the 23rd [US] (at Mosteller´s Mills, 5 mi. E.) & the 20th, were shifted S.W. across the Gravelly Plateau. — Map (db m13235) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Adairsville — 008-48 — Historic Trimble House — <—2 mi.—< | | | About 2 miles N. is the plantation home of Augustus Crawford Trimble, pioneer settler, member of the Home Guard, and businessman of Adairsville. A son, serving in the 1st Georgia Cavalry under Gen. Joe Wheeler, engaged the enemy on the plantation. Confederates under Wheeler fought Federals north of the house and many of the wounded were carried to the Trimble house which was used as a hospital by Confederates and Federals. Two members of Wheeler's cavalry died in the house and are buried . . . — Map (db m12419) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Adairsville — 008-27 — Johnston's Army at Adairsville | | | May 18, 1864. The three corps of the Confederate Army, on reaching Adairsville from Resaca, moved by two roads to Cassville. Hood´s & Polk´s corps marched S. on old U.S.41 Highway: Hardee´s corps took direct road to Kingston W. & parallel to the R.R. Units of Maj. Gen. S.G. French´s div. & Brig. Gen. W.H. Jackson´s Cavalry joined Polk´s corps [CS] here & at Cassville. The march by 2 roads was the facilitate troop movement & to divide Sherman´s forces [US] during his advance. — Map (db m13233) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Adairsville — 008-2 — Mosteller's Mills | | | Five miles NE on State Highway 140 - a notable plantation and manufacturing center of the 1860´s. The Federal 23rd Corps, left wing of Sherman´s forces [US] marching southward from Resaca, having crossed at Field´s Mill, Coosawattee River, enroute to Cassville, camped at Mosteller´s May 18, 1864.
Butterfield´s Div., of the 20th Corps [US], having crossed at Field´s, also marched by Mosteller´s. Geary´s and William´s Divisions, 20th Corps, were joined at Adairsville by Butterfield. — Map (db m13231) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Adairsville — 008-1 — Original Site Adairsville — 1830’s | | | May 17, 1864, Johnston’s forces (CSA) retreated S. From Resaca and paused here on an E. - W. line, the intention being to make a stand against the Federals in close pursuit. Finding the position untenable due to width of Oothcaloga Valley, Johnston withdrew at midnight. Hardee's Corps (CSA) was astride the road at this point. In rear-guard action, detachments from Hardee's Corps held the stone residence of Robert C. Saxon, 0.2 mi. N. of the County Line, until midnight. — Map (db m11779) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Allatoona — 008-44 — Allatoona Pass | | | Allatoona was in pioneer days a travel hub, because ridges from east and south met here where it was fairly easy to cross the Allatoona Mountain range by winding over a low ridge, or pass.
The Sandtown or Tennessee Road from the south, and the Old Alabama Road from the east, joined here to cross the pass, then separated, the Sandtown to cross the Etowah and aim for Tennessee, and the Alabama
Road to run west on the south side of the Etowah. — Map (db m13843) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Atco — 008-3 — Pettit Creek — Camp Site, Federal 23d Corps. | | | Johnston’s forces [CS] retreated southward from Cassville along this road, to Allatoona Mountains, south of the Etowah, May 20, 1864. They were immediately followed by Schofield’s 23d Corps, [US] which encamped in this vicinity. While here, troops of Cox’s Div. [US] were sent to destroy the Cooper Iron Works, (site of Allatoona Dam), May 21-22. From this camp-site, the corps marched to the Etowah at Milam’s Bridge, on 23rd. — Map (db m21679) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — 008-41 — Battle of Allatoona | | | After the fall of Atlanta, hoping Sherman would follow, Hood moved his Confederate army north, sending French’s Division to fill the railroad cut at Allatoona, and burn the railroad bridge over the Etowah River, to hamper Sherman’s movement.
French found Corse with 2,000 men entrenched on the ridge guarding military stores, and with his 3,000 he attacked on October 5, 1864. The fight was costly but indecisive. French lost 799, Corse 706 men. French, not risking an all-out attack, withdrew before aid reached Corse. — Map (db m21843) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — 008-54 — Etowah (Tumlin) Mounds | | | For over 100 years Etowah Indian Mounds were the Tumlin Mounds. In 1832 Col. Lewis Tumlin came to Cass County (Bartow) and drew the land lot that contained the mounds. Col. Tumlin served as county sheriff from 1834 to 1840. As young soldiers, Gen. William
T. Sherman and Col. Tumlin became friends. First visiting the mounds In 1844, Sherman returned in 1864 and spared Col. Tumlin´s home. In 1887, the Tumlins allowed the Smithsonian Institutes Bureau of American Ethnology to survey and partially . . . — Map (db m13471) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — 008-47 — Etowah and the War | | | The Confederacy sought iron and munitions eagerly, which quickly brought prosperity to Etowah. Patriotic key workers, though exempt from army duty, enlisted, and loss of their skill hampered production.
Mark Cooper sold the works in 1862. In the 1863, the Confederacy took over the firm seeking to increase production. As Sherman marched by in 1864, mindful of the war value of iron, he sent troops, who, after a brisk skirmish, burned the plant on May 22. This ended an era -- the works were not . . . — Map (db m21774) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — 008-45 — Federal Fort | | | Atop the hill to the east was a fort that protected the river bridge, part of the rail line which enabled Sherman to supply his army during the Atlanta Campaign. The rail line has been moved downstream, but piers in the river mark the site of the bridge in 1864. Troops here passed much time in swimming, hiking, picking berries, and they played baseball in the field to the west -- doubtless some of the first games in this section. Often the men went out seeking food, and sometimes were fired . . . — Map (db m10894) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — 008-14 — Felton Home | | | Dr. William H. Felton and his wife, Rebecca Latimer, lived from 1853 until 1905 in the house east of this marker.
A physician, minister and noted orator, Dr. Felton was the leader of the Independent Revolt from the State Democratic Party in the 1870´s and won three spectacular Congressional campaigns.
Mrs. Felton´s appointment in 1922 at the age of 87, as the first woman U.S. Senator climaxed a long career in which she had gained wide recognition as an author, newspaper columnist, and crusader for women´s rights. — Map (db m13483) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — 008-51 — Friendship Monument | | | The nearby marble shaft has the unique distinction of having been erected by a debtor in honor of his creditors. Losses during the panic of 1857 forced Mark A. Cooper, proprietor of the Etowah Iron Works, to offer this property for sale to satisfy a $100,000 debt. Thirty-eight friends signed notes totaling that amount to save the enterprise. When the debt was repaid in 1860, Cooper erected this monument on which the names of his benefactors are inscribed. — Map (db m11627) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — Home of Sam P Jones | | | Sam P. Jones was born October 16, 1847, in Oak Bowery, Alabama; he moved to Cartersville with his parents in 1856. After his admission to the Georgia Bar in 1868 he married Laura McElwain. In 1872 he was licensed as a Methodist Minister. His national career of evangelism begun in 1864, covered the U.S. and Canada. Dedicated on Christmas Day, 1865, this house was occupied for twenty-one years by Sam Jones. His public speaking was famous for its pathos and humor while his gospel was loved for its appeal. He died on October 15, 1906. — Map (db m21695) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — 008-50 — Mark Anthony Cooper's Iron Works | | | These ruins of an old iron furnace built by Moses Stroup are all that remain of Cooper's Iron Works, developed by Mark Anthony Cooper, pioneer industrialist, politician, and farmer. Cooper was born in 1800 near Powelton, Ga. Graduating from S.C. College (now the University of S.C.) in 1819, he was admitted to the bar in 1821 and opened a law office in Eatonton. A member of the Ga. Legislature in 1855, he later served in the 26th Congress, filled a vacancy in the 27th, and was reelected to the . . . — Map (db m10893) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — 003-8 — Milam's Bridge | | | The covered structure over the Etowah here, was burned by Jackson´s [CS] Cav. May 21, 1864, the day after Johnston´s [CS] passage of the river at State R.R. Bridge. May 23rd, the 2 pontoon bridges intended for the passage of Schofield´s 23d A.C. [US] were usurped by the 20th A.C. [US] (mistakenly diverted from Gillem´s bridge) and the 23d A.C. did not cross until the 24th. This and crossings lower down were on Federal routes from Kingston & Cassville toward Dallas, Paulding Co. Sherman [US] . . . — Map (db m13840) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — Pierce Manning Butler Young, (1836-1896) | | | PMB Young was born in Spartanburg, S.C., on November 15, 1836. His parents were Dr. Robert Maxwell and Elizabeth Caroline (Jones) Young. The Young family came to Georgia in 1839. He graduated from Georgia Military Institute at Marietta in 1856; studied law; entered the USMA, West Point, N.Y., in 1857 and resigned two months before graduation to enter the Confederate Army. He became the youngest Major General in both Armies. After the war, he came home to Cartersville. Was elected to fill the . . . — Map (db m21680) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — 008-25 — Raccoon Creek | | | Geary´s (2d) Div., 20th A.C. [US], having crossed the Etowah, May 23, drove Ross´ cavalry [CS] beyond the creek, May 24, 1864. This covered the march of
the rest of the corps S. to Burnt Hickory P.O., in which Geary´s troops joined - being relieved here by Schofield´s 23d A.C. [US] at noon.
Schofield moved E. on this, the Alabama rd., enroute to Sligh´s Mill - these troops being the left of Sherman´s [US] flanking March around the Allatoona
Mountains. The 20th A.C. route to Hickory was the road next W. of Raccoon Creek. — Map (db m13946) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cartersville — Tribute on Monument / 38 Names on Monument | | | Side 1 This monument is erected by Mark A. Cooper, Proprietor at Etowah, as a Grateful tribute to the Friendship and Liberality of those whose names are hereon inscribed, which prompted them to aid him in the prosecution and development of the interests at Etowah. Side 2 West Side Wade S. Cochran • John Banks • William L. Mitchell • J.E. Hart • Pleasant Stovall • John M. Flournoy • James R. Jones • H.S. Smith • Wareham Cromwell • Hon. M.J. Wellborn • John W. Lewis • Lewis Tumlin . . . — Map (db m11630) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — Affair at Cassville | | | 1. On May 19, 1864, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston tricked Union General William T. Sherman into dividing his forces at Adairsville and sending the XXIII corps under John M. Schofield across the Gravelly Plateau to Cassville. 2. Johnston placed Leonidas Polk's corps behind Two Run Creek northwest of Cassville to oppose Schofield in front as he began crossing the creek. 3. Johnston then sent John B. Hood's corps northward along the Spring Place Road, to ambush Schofield in the left . . . — Map (db m13484) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — Atlanta Campaign — Cassville | | | National Historic Site Atlanta Campaign Cassville On May 19, 1864, Johnston, entrenched on the ridge east of this marker, planned to give battle but Sherman threatened his flank and his corps commanders objected to the position. He therefore withdrew to Allatoona Pass. Rather than attack this strong position Sherman moved past it toward New Hope Church. — Map (db m12368) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-20 — Confederate Army of Tenn. at Cassville | | | Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s forces [CS], reaching Cassville May 18, 1864 from Resaca, 30 m. N., took positions on ridge W. of the town & prepared to
withstand the advancing Federals. May 19th: Pursuant to this intention, Hood´s corps [CS] moved N. of the town to oppose the Federal 20th & 23rd corps marching S. from Adairsville. But Hood´s corp. diverted by an attack on its right by McCook´s cavalry [US], changed front & was ordered with the rest of the Army [CS] to withdraw to ridge E. & S. of the town. — Map (db m13940) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-39B — Confederate Dead | | | In this cemetery are buried about 300 unknown Confederate soldiers who died of wounds or disease in the several Confederate hospitals located in Cassville. These hospitals operated from late 1861 until May 18, 1864, then moved south out of the path of the invading Federal forces. In May 1899, the Cassville Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, to honor these unknown soldiers, placed headstones at each of their graves. — Map (db m13978) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-38 — Gen. Leonidas Polk's Headquarters | | | The William Neal McKelvey residence - 1864. A Council of War held here May 19, discussed the advisability of holding the position E. & S. of Cassville by the Confederate army. Present were: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston; Lt. Gen. Polk; Lt. Gen. John B. Hood;
Maj. Gen. S. C. French; & Capt. W.J. Morris, Chief Engineer, Polk´s A.C. After hearing the statements of the Council Johnston ordered the withdrawal of the army at midnight. This decision stemmed from a failure to make an opportune attack on . . . — Map (db m15457) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-19 — Gravelly Plateau & Two Run Creek | | | May 19, 1864: Butterfield´s (3d) Div., 20th A.C. [US], moving S.E., from McDow´s, left the road here & marched to the Hawkins Price house, enroute to
Kingston. The 1st & 2nd Divs. [US], on roads W., had the same objective - an erratic move by Sherman who assumed that Johnston´s Army [CS] had retreated on Kingston. Butterfield´s march disclosed that Johnston´s Army was at Cassville , not Kingston. The 23rd A.C. (Schofield) [US] marched on this road from McDow´s, reaching Cassville at dark. — Map (db m13929) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — Historic McKelvey House — Polk's HQRS.-May 19, 1864 | | | Here the night of May 19, 1864, the Confederate Generals Joe Johnston, Leonidas Polk and John B. Hood, held a conference, the results of which caused the Confederates to abandon Cassville and to move south of the Etowah. Although Johnston intended to fight here.
Marker erected 1948
By Patriots Of Bartow County
Inscription by Col. Thomas Spencer — Map (db m15454) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-52 — Noble Hill Rosenwald School | | | Noble Hill Rosenwald School, now known as Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center, built in 1923 as the first standard school for Black children in Bartow County School System. The school closed in 1955 when all schools for Black Children in Bartow County were
consolidated to form Bartow Elementary School at a central location.
Today the restored building is a cultural heritage museum with emphasis on Black life in Bartow from the early 1900´s to the present. Historical information on all . . . — Map (db m13456) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-21 — Site - Cassville Female College | | | A large brick structure erected 1853. May 19, 1864: Skirmishers of Polk´s A.C. [CS] withdrew from this ridge E. to Cassville when pressed back by Butterfield´s (3d) Div., 20th A.C. [US], from the Hawkins Price house. Battery C, 1st Ohio Lt. Art., supported by 73d Ohio, 19th Mich. & 20th Conn. Reg’ts. [US] occupied ridge & shelled the town as Johnson´s Army [CS] withdrew to ridge E. of it.
At night Cassville was seized by the 19th Mich. & 20th Conn. Female College & town were burned by . . . — Map (db m13941) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-22 — Site - Cherokee Baptist College | | | On Chapman Hill; a school for boys established Jan. 1854. A large three-story brick bldg. flanked by two-story wings. Burned 1856; rebuilt 1857, destroyed by
Federal forces Oct. 12, 1864. This, & the Methodist Female College 3/4 mi. N.E., were the first chartered institutions of higher education in Cherokee Georgia. Their destruction, together with the burning of Cassville, marked the passing of a notable educational center in this section of the state. — Map (db m13942) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — Site of Cassville — Named For Lewis Cass | | | County seat Cass County 1832-1861. First decision Supreme Court of Georgia, 1846. Name changed to Manassas 1861. Town burned by Sherman 1864 and never rebuilt. — Map (db m12359) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-17 — Town Of Cassville | | | In this valley was once situated the proud town of Cassville, begun in July 1833, as the seat of justice for Cass County and soon the center of trade and travel in the region recently comprising the Cherokee Nation. Both the county and town where named in the honor of Gen. Lewis Cass Michigan statesman and Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Andrew Jackson.
A decade after its founding Cassville lost its preeminence as a trading center due to the location of the state owned . . . — Map (db m12371) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Emerson — 008-5 — Battle of Allatoona — October 5, 1864 | | | Lt. Gen. John B. Hood, Army of Tenn. [CS], while enroute N. from Palmetto, Ga., sent Lt. Gen. A.P. Stewart´s Corps to destroy the State R.R. from Big
Shanty to the Etowah River. Stewart seized Big Shanty and Acworth on the 3d, and French´s Div. was sent on the 4th, to capture Allatoona. Daylight, the 5th,
French [CS] deployed his troops around the Federal garrison, commanded by Gen. John M. Corse [US], posted on high ground E., and W. of the rock cut. — Map (db m13935) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Emerson — 008-6 — Battle of Allatoona — October 5, 1864 | | | After artillery firing and repeated assaults by French´s troops, [CS] the Federals made a final stand in the star fort W. of rock cut. Failing to dislodge
the defenders, French retreated to New Hope Church in Paulding County. French´s division consisted of Young´s, Cockrell´s, & Sear´s Brigades, [CS] 3,276; losses 799. Corse´s command: Alexander´s & Rowett´s Brigades, [US] 2137; losses, 706. This battle inspired the gospel hymn, "Hold the fort for I am coming". — Map (db m13936) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Emerson — 008-4 — Emerson | | | Named for Joseph Emerson Brown, Gov. of Ga., 1857-1865, U.S. Senator, 1880-1891. Known as Stegall`s Station prior to 1889; site of the Bartow Iron Works. May 20, 1864: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston`s forces camped here after retreating from Cassville and burning the highway and R.R. bridges over the Etowah. Having heard that Sherman`s forces had moved southward from Kingston toward Dallas, Johnston resumed his march on roads that converged there, May 23d, 24th. Allatoona, scene of Oct. 5, 1864, battle, is 2 mi. E. — Map (db m10907) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Emerson — 008-7 — Railroad Block-house | | | On Allatoona Creek in this vicinity, a Federal block-house, guarding State R.R. bridge, was garrisoned by Companies E, F, and I, of the 18th Wisconsin Regt. Oct. 5, 1864, while retreating from Allatoona, 2 mi. N., French’s Div. of Stewart’s A.C. [CS] burned the bridge and block-house, capturing 84 officers and men. The State R.R. was shifted north in 1949 and in 1950, Allatoona Creek was flooded by the impounded waters of Allatoona Dam. — Map (db m21677) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Euharlee — 8-1 — Euharlee Creek Covered Bridge | | | In 1886 the county contracted with Washington W. King, son of freed slave and noted bridge builder Horace King, and Jonathan H. Burke for the construction of this 138-foot bridge. It was adjacent to a mill owned by Daniel Lowry, of which the foundation is still evident. This bridge replaced several previous structures, the last having been built two years prior. Constructed in the Town lattice design, the bridge’s web of planks
crisscrossing at 45-to 60-degree angles are fastened with wooden pegs, or trunnels, at each intersection. — Map (db m8478) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-39 — Confederate Memorial Day | | | First Decoration, or Memorial Day, was observed in Kingston in late April of 1865, and has been a continuous observance here since that day, the only such record held by any community in this Nation. The first Memorial, or Decoration Day, was observed while Federals still occupied this town, flowers being placed on both Confederate and Federal graves that day. Much credit is due the Dardens and other patriotic citizens of this town for their untiring efforts to keep alive memories of the gallant Confederates - greatest fighting men of all time. — Map (db m13976) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-37 — Hardee's Corps at Kingston | | | May 18, 1864. Lt. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee´s A. C. marched from Adairsville on the road parallel to the State R.R. -- turning E. on this rd. to join Polk´s & Hood´s corps [CS] at Cassville, which had moved on the direct Adairsville - Cassville road. Sherman´s [US] error in assuming that all of Johnston´s army [CS] had marched from Adairsville, as Hardee had, to Kingston, caused him to order his forces concentrated here -- discovering later that the Confederate Army was 5.5 miles E. at Cassville & not at the river S. of Kingston. — Map (db m13962) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-8 — Historic Price House | | | 2.5 mi. N.E. is the antebellum house of Col. Hawkins F. Price; State Senator 1857-1865; Mem. Ga. Secession Convention. A landmark of military operations near Cassville, where both Gen. Daniel Butterfield & Gen. Hooker (20th A.C.) [US] had headquarters May 19, 1864. Hooker had been ordered from Adairsville to Kingston, on false reports that Johnston [CS] had retreated there. S. of the price house Hooker discovered that Johnston had gone to Cassville. — Map (db m13497) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-35 — House - Site Thomas V. B. Hargis | | | Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman´s Headquarters
May 19-23, 1864
Sherman [US] occupied the Hargis house for three days of reorganization of forces in the campaign that ended at Atlanta.
Assuming the Johnston´s army [CS] had moved, from Adairsville, directly on Kingston & the river crossings S., May 18, led Sherman to concentrate his forces here -- only to discover that Johnston had gone directly to Cassville where, without making a stand, he retreated to Allatoona, May 20th. Sherman countered May 23, by moving due S. — Map (db m13965) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-49 — Kingston Methodist Church | | | The original church, with another name and at another location, was built in 1845, rebuilt in Kingston in 1854, and dedicated by Rev. Lovick Pierce, a leading preacher of the nation and father of Bishop George F. Pierce. The only church remaining after Sherman´s
march through here, it opened its doors freely to all denominations, creating such a spirit of fellowship that children of the generation grew up feeling there was only one church. It was Kingston´s schoolhouse, too. For many years . . . — Map (db m13537) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-12A — Old Macedonia Church Organized 1847 | | | In 1864, a road southward from Wooley´s Bridge (Etowah River) crossed the road near this point and ran to Van Wert (Rockmart) and Dallas. This was the route of McPherson´s Army of the Tennessee (15th and 16th Corps.), [US] right wing of forces under Sherman moving from Kingston to the Dallas front, May 23, 24.
The church stood at the N.W. angle of the crossroads until another edifice was erected on site of the present structure, 3/4 mile eastward. — Map (db m13926) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — Original Hospital Site of Wayside Home | | | This is the site of Kingston Wayside Home, the first Confederate hospital, established in August, 1861 by the Soldier’s Aid Society and other citizens of this vicinity. More than 10,000 sick and wounded Confederate soldiers received necessary medical attention within its walls during the three years it was operated. — Map (db m26156) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-32 — Spring Bank | | | Ante-bellum plantation and residence of the Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, where he established a private school. May 18, 1864. Hardee´s A.C. [CS] moved from Adairsville to Kingston on this road enroute to Cass Station. May 19, the 4th and 14th A.C. [US] followed, occupying Kingston, to which point all the rest of the army had been directed by Sherman under the false impression that Johnston´s forces had retreated there. The stirring events of locality are ably set forth by Frances Thomas . . . — Map (db m13195) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-36 — Surrender of Confederate Troops | | | May 12, 1865
Brig. Gen. Wm. T. Wofford [CS] arranged with Brig. Gen. Henry M. Judah, U.S.A. for the surrender of some 3000 to 4000 Confederate soldiers, mostly Georgians, not paroled in Virginia, N. Carolina, and elsewhere.
During final negotiations, Gen. Wofford´s h´dq´rs were at the McCravey - Johnson res. on Church St. Gen. Judah´s h´dq´rs were at Spring Bank, the home of the Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, 2 mi. N. of Kingston.
Rations were supplied to the Confederate soldiery by the Federal Commissary. — Map (db m13967) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-34 — The Andrews Raiders at Kingston | | | Apr. 12, 1862. James J. Andrews with 18 Ohio soldiers [US] in disguise, & 1 civilian, having seized the locomotive "GENERAL" at Big Shanty (KENNESAW) intending to wreck the State R.R., were forced to side track here & wait for the S. bound freights. After a long delay the "GENERAL" continued N.. Pursuing from Big Shanty, Capt. W. A. Fuller (Conductor), Jeff Cain (Engineer), & Anthony Murphy [CS], -- using a push-car -- reached the Etowah, where the . . . — Map (db m13963) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-33 — The Federal Army at Kingston | | | May 19, 1864. The 4th, followed by the 14th A.C. [US] reached Kingston, 8 a.m. The 4th turned E. to Cassville; a div. of the 14th sent to Gillem´s bridge, Etowah River, finding no retreating Confederates, Johnston´s forces [CS] were at Cassville, 5.5 mi. E. McPherson´s 15th and 16th A.C. [US], moving S. from Barnsley´s, camped on Woolley´s plantation 2 mi. W; 4th, 20th & 23d A.C. at Cassville. Sherman´s forces in camp to May 23, when advance across the Etowah began. Of the 3 bridges, . . . — Map (db m13961) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-40 — Unknown Confederate Dead | | | Here sleep, known but to God, 250 Confederate and two Federal soldiers, most of whom died of wounds, disease and sickness in the Confederate hospitals located here - 1862-1864. These men were wounded in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in the Dalton-Kingston Campaign. Surgeon B.W. Avent was in charge of these hospitals. Hospitals were moved to Atlanta in May of 1864 to avoid capture by Federals. These hospitals later used by the Federals. — Map (db m13980) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Kingston — 008-11 — Woolley's Bridge | | | In 1864, this covered structure spanned the Etowah River on the plantation of Andrew F. Woolley, 0.5 mi. S. Next to the river was the Rome - Kingston R.R. discontinued, 1943. May 19, McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. (15th & 16th Corps) [US] arched from Barnsley´s and camped on the Woolley Plantation. This right wing of Sherman´s advance, Kingston to Dallas, -- crossed the river, May 23d. October 11, while encamped on the Woolley Plantation, the Ohio soldiers of the 23d [US] Corps, voted in a State Election. — Map (db m13925) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Pine Log — 008-13 — Corra Harris | | | Author of "A Circuit Rider´s Wife" and many other books and articles, lived from 1913 until her death in 1935. The most productive years of her career were spent in a picturesque log cabin, which, according to legend, was once the home of a Cherokee Indian chief. Born at Elberton in 1869, she married the Rev. Lundy Howard Harris at the age of 17. From her experiences as the wife of an itinerant Methodist minister she later drew her literary material. — Map (db m13230) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Rydal — Historic Pine Log Methodist Church | | | 250´ west of this marker stands, Historic Pine Log Methodist Church, Cemetery, tabernacle, and Camp Grounds, established in 1834. The oldest Church in continuous use in Cass/Bartow County. This Church area is on the national Register for Historic District. This sign erected by the Pine Log Historical Society and the Men´s Club of Historic Pine Log United Methodist Church, dedicated to the Glory of God and the Early Settlers of Pine Log Georgia. — Map (db m13198) | | Georgia (Bartow County), Rydal — Old Pine Log Indian Town | | | Pine Log Town, located on Pine Log Creek in the flat fields slightly over a half mile east of Oak Hill Church north of GA 140, (in Pine Log, Georgia), extended almost a mile along the creek. The lots were 293, 294, 295,296, 317, 318, 284,and 283, in the 23rd District and 2nd Section of the new organized Cass County (now Bartow) in 1832. The Ridge, or Major Ridge, brought his aged parents from Hiawassee (now Tennessee) to Pine Log (now Georgia) because of the tranquility of the place. It was . . . — Map (db m13190) |
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